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NOW  MEMBERS 


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ED  A  SKETCH  OF  THE  HISTORY 
OF  THE  CHURCH: 


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THE  NAMES  OF  ALL  WHO  HAVJO  BEEN  OR  ARE 
NOW  MEMBERS.— TO  WHICH  IS  APPEND* 

ED  A  SKETCH  OF  THE  HISTORY 
OF  THE  CHURCH; 

BY  REV.  G.  W.  GALE. 


WUX-TIDED  BT  ORDER  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


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Confession  of  Joiti). 


We  believe  that  the  Scriptures  of  the  Old  and 
New  Testament,  are  the  word  of  God,  written  by 
inspiration  of  the  Holy  Spirit;  and  that  they  con¬ 
tain  the  only  infallible  rule  of  faith  and  practice. 

2  Tim.  3:  16.  2  Peter  1:  21.  Heb.  1;  1.  1  Peter  1;  11. 

PARTICULARLY. 

1.  We  believe  in  the  existence  of  one  Infinite 
God,  who,  although  one  God,  subsists  in  an  incom¬ 
prehensible  Trinity,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost. 

Deut6:4.  Gen.  1  26,  3;  22.  11:  7.’ ^Mat.  28:  19.  1  Cor.  8:  4.  Isaiah 

6:  8.  2  Cor.  13:  14.  Isaiah  44.  6,  8,  14:  5,  6.  Daniel  4:  17,  25,  26.  1 

John  5;  7.  Numbers  5:  23 — 26.  Isaiah  48:  16. 

2.  That  God  created  all  things,  and  that,  in  a 
sovereign  manner,  he  so  governs  the  whole,  as  to 
execute  his  eternal  purposes  respecting  them  in 
Providence  and  Redemption. 

Gen.  1:  3.  Job  37:  16.  Acts  2:  23,  4:  27,  28  Proverbs  16:4  Psalms 
39:  1—4  Phil.  2:  13  Isaiah  43:  7. 

3.  That  God  made  man  at  first  upright,  in  his 
own  moral  image,  and  constituted  him  public  head 
and  representative  of  his  posterity;  and  that  in  con¬ 
sequence  of  his  disobedience,  his  descendants  are 
totally  destitute  of  holiness,  and  that  all  their  mor¬ 
al  exercises,  while  unregenerate,  are  wholly  sinful. 

1  John  3:  4  2  Cor.  6:  14  1  Cor.  2.  14  Rom.  5:  12:  15—19  Jer.  17- 

8  Gen.  6:  5,  8:  21  1  Cor.  15:  22  John  5:  42  Cr*!.  2:  13. 


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4.  That  God  so  loved  the  Vv^orld,  that  he  gave 
his  only  begotten  Son  to  suffer  and  die  as  a  sacri¬ 
fice  for  sin,  that  uhosoever  believelh  on  him  might 
not  perish,  hut  have  everlasting  life. 

Dent.  5;  20.  32  29  1  John  4;  9.  10  Heb.  9;  22  Hos.  11;'8  Rom. 

8  Rev.  7;  14,  G:  9  Ex.  34;  G,  7  John  3:  IG  Lev.  17:  11  Eph.  1:  7. 

5.  That  the  atonement  made  hy  Jesus  Christ,  is 
sufficient  for  the  whole  human  family. 

1  John  2;  2  2  Cor.  5;  14.  15  :\Iar.  22:  4  Heb.  2;  9  John  1;  29,  3:  16, 

17,  G:  51,  12:  47  Luke  14;  17  1  Tim.  2;  G. 

6.  That  men  are  voluntary  in  their  opposition  to 
God  and  holiness;  and  that  the  nature  of  this  op¬ 
position  is  such,  that  no  one  ?ri//  believe  in  Christy 
but  as  faith  is  wrought  in  the  heart,  by  the  renew¬ 
ing  influences  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

2  Cor.  8;  12  Job  G:  G  Ps.  81;  11—13  Pre  v.  23;  2G  Acts  4:20  Gal 
5:  14  Titus  1:  2  jMat.  22;  12. 

7.  That  God  did  from  eternity  elect  some  of  our 
sinful  race  unto  everlasting  life,  through  sanctifica¬ 
tion  of  the  Spirit,  unto  obedience  and  belief  of  the 
truth;  and  that  repentance,  faith,  and  obedience, 
are  not  the  cause,  but  the  effects  of  their  election. 

Eph.  1:  4  Acts  13;  48  1  Peter  1;’2  .Acts  13:  48  John  15:  IG  1  Cor 

4;  7  Rom.  8:  30  John  15;  IG,  19,  17:  2,  G,  9,  24. 

8.  That  all  who  truly  believe  in  Christ,  will  per¬ 
severe  in  holiness,  being  kept  by  the  power  of  God^ 
through  faith  unto  salvation. 

John  10;  27—29  Ps.  37:  23,  24  Phil.  1:  G  Jer.  32;  40  1  Peter' 1;  4» 

5  Rom.  8;  30,  38,  39. 

9.  That  all  men,  and  the  people  of  God  particu¬ 
larly,  are  under  solemn  obligations  to  observe  the 
moral  law  as  a  rule  of  life,  and  to  abound  in  love 
and  good  works. 

Rom,  3;  31  Mat.  5;  17,  18,  48  Mark  12;  30,31  Isaiah  42;21  Luke 
16;  17. 

10.  That  although  all  men  are  bound  to  profess 


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faith  in  Christ,  yet  none  have  any  right  to  the  priv¬ 
ileges  of  the  Church,  but  those  who  give  credible 
evidence  of  a  change  of  heart,  and  are  united  to  the 
visible  kingdom  of  God. 

Mat.  10;  32,  33  Mat.  26:  27,  28  Ezra  G;  21  Prov.  23:  26  Acts  8:  37 
2  Cor.  13:  5  Luke  22:  19  Prov.  23:  2G. 

11.  That  Christ  hath  appointed  two  sacraments 
for  the  use  and  edification  of  the  Church,  which  are 
Baptism  and  the  Lord’s  Supper. 

Lohd's  Supper — Luke  22:  19  Mat.  26;  27,  28  1  Cor.  xi,  23 — 26. — 

Baptism. — Gen.  1:7  7,  22:  18  Rom.  2:  28,  29  1  Peter  3:21  Deut.  30:6 

12.  That  believers  in  Christ  are  solemnly  bound 
to  have  the  seal  of  baptism  set  upon  their  offspring, 
and  to  train  them  up  in  the  nurture  and  admonition 
of  the  Lord. 

1  Chr.  xvi,  XV — xvii  Jer.  30,  xviii,  xx  1  ( 'or.  7:  xiv  Eph.  G;  4  Luka 

iviii;  XV,  xvi  Prov.  22:  6 

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1^.  That  the  first  day  ot  the  week  is  the  Chris¬ 
tian  Sabbath,  and  is  to  be  sanctified  by  an  lioly 
resting  all  the  day,  even  from  such  worldly  employ¬ 
ments  and  recreations  as  are  lawful  on  other  days; 
and  by  spending  the  whole  time  in  the  public  and 
private  exercises  of  God’s  ^vorship,  except  so  much 
as  is  to  be  taken  up  in  the  works  of  mercy. 

Ex-  20:8 — 11.  Isa.  5G:  2, — 58:13,14.  Vlark  2;  27.  28.  Ezek.  44- 24 
Mark  IG:  9.  Ps.  118;  24.  Acts,  20;  7.  Rev.  1;  10.  Mark  2;  28. 

14.  That  watchfulness  over  the  life,  holy  medi¬ 
tation,  a  conscientious  attention  upon  public,  fami¬ 
ly,  and  secret  worship,  together  with  the  steady 
practice  of  righteousness,  truth,  sincerity  and  char¬ 
ity  towerds  man,  and  of  sobriety,  chastity  and  tem¬ 
perance  towards  ourselves,  are  the  indispensable 
duties  of  eveiy  Christian. 

Prov.  xvi,  32  25,  28.  Eph.  4;  31,  32.  Jude  xix  Phil.  G:  5  Josh,  i,  8 
Luke  xxi,  34  Mat.  v,  28. 

15.  That  God  vriil  have  a  Church  in  the  world 


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to  the  end  of  time,  when  the  dead  shall  be  raised, 
the  judgment  shall  sit,  the  righteous  shall  be  re¬ 
ceived  into  everlasting  life,  and  the  wicked  shall  be 
doomed  to  endless  misery. 

John  28,  29.  Acts  24;  15,  26;  8.  Jude  6.  Mat.  25;  4'!,  46,  xiii,  30, 
40 — 42,  49,  50.  Luke  xiii,  23 — 28. 


^oncuant. 


You  do  now  in  the  presence  of  the  heart-search¬ 
ing  God,  before  angels  and  men, so  far  as  you  know 
your  own  heart,  solemnly  avouch  Jehovah,  Father 
Son,  and  Holy  Ghost,  to  be  your  God. 

You  receive  the  Father  as  your  Father;  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  as  your  all  sufficient  and  only 
Redeemer;  and  the  Holy  Ghost  as  your  Sanctifier. 
Renouncing  all  ungodliness,  and  every  worldly  lust, 
you  do  give  up  your  all,  soul  and  body  to  be  the 
Lord’s,  promising  to  walk  before  him  in  holiness 
and  love,  all  the  days  of  your  future  life. 

You  receive  the  brethren  of  Christ  in  this  place, 
as  your  brethren,  and  his  friends  as  your  friends; — 
promising  to  watch  over  them  with  all  Christian  fi¬ 
delity  and  tenderness.  You  do  also  submit  your¬ 
self  *  to  the  government  of  Christ,  in  his  Church, 
and  to  the  regular  administration  of  it  in  this  Ch. 
in  particular. 

You  covenant  to  walk  in  communion  with  the 

•  Or,  yourselves. 


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brethren,  not  only  whilst  you  continue  to  be  mem¬ 
bers  of  this  church,  but  in  all  other  places  also,  in 
which  you  may  reside,  where  the  ordinances  of  the 
gospel  are  maintained;  endeavoring  to  promote  di¬ 
vine  worship,  and  Christian  love  and  fellowship,  by 
all  the  means  of  Christ’s  appointment,  and  within 
your  pow^r.  And  finally,  you  agree  to  live  as  a 
humble  Christian,^  in  a  regui;  r  and  faithful  attend¬ 
ance  on  the  worship  and  ordinances  of  Christ  in 
this  place,  and  in  the  performance  of  all  your  sol¬ 
emn  engagements  to  God  and  this  church,  untd  by 
death  or  otherwise  regularly  removed. 

All  this  you  solemnly  engage  in  humble  depend¬ 
ence  on  the  grace  of  God. 

We  do  now  receive  you  into  our  communion,  and 
promise  to  watch  over  you  with  Christian  afifection 
and  tenderness,  ever  treating  you  in  love  as  a  mem- 
berf  of  the  body  of  Christ,  who  is  head  over  all 
things  to  the  Church.  This  we  do,  imploring  of 
the  great  Shepherd  of  Israel,  our  Lord  and  Re¬ 
deemer,  that  both  you  and  we  may  have  wisdom 
and  grace  to  be  faithful  in  his  covenant,  and  to  glo¬ 
rify  him  with  the  holiness  that  becomes  his  house, 
forever.  Amen. 


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f  Or,  as  member  I. 


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tCT'  Th«  jtKT  in  which  memb  ^rs  were  admitted,  li  placed  at  the  head 
of  their  name:  — 


1837.  i 

N.  West,t 
Catharine  West, 
Abram  Tyler, 

Abel  Goodell, 
Betsey  Goodell. 
Olive  F.  Goodell, 
Harriet  Gale,t 
Sophia  Lyman.* 
Philena  Chappcl. 
Sarah  W.  Hitchcock 
Samuel  Tompkins. 
Mary  Tompkins,! 
Sarah  Tompkins,! 
Thos.  Siinrnoni, 
Mary  Simmons, 
Susan  Simmons, 
Betsey  Simmons, 
Elisha  King! 

Almira  King. 

Lusher  Gav. 

Eliza  Gay,^ 

Lucy  Gay.* 

Henry  Wilcox, 

Mary  Wilcox, 

John  Kendall,* 
Deborah  Kendall,* 
Roswell  Payne, 
Alvira  Payne, 
Roswell  Payne.  Jr." 
Eraslus  Swift.! 


j  Louisa  Swift. 

M  iss  Louisa  Swift. 
Samantha  Swift. 
Wealthy  Waters. 
Martha  Waters."^^ 
Sarah  Waters. 

Julia  AVaters. 

James  Waters.* 
Nehemiah  H.  Losev 
Lucretia  H.  I-^osey. 
Geo.  W.  G.  Ferris. 
Parris  Richardson.! 
Mary  Richardson. § 
Adoniram  Kendall.* 
Mary  Kendall.* 
Mary  Bailey. 

Hugh  Conger. f 
Eliza  Conger. 

Laura  B.  Conger.* 
Cordelia  Conger* 
Clarissa  Phelps, 
Pluma  5.  M  Phelps* 
Royal  A.  M.  Phelps 
Patrick  Dunn, 
Charlotte  Dunn,f 
John  McMullen, 
Glarigsa  Mills, 
Lucian  Mills. 
Elizabeth  Mills. 
Hannah  Adams, 
j  Elizabeth  P'inch, 


George  Avery. 

H.  Troop  Avery, 
Cornelia  Avery.* 
'rhomas  Kendall, § 
Samantha  Wheeler,* 
Mary  (yonger. 

Emily  H.  Co’ ton. 
Harriet  C.  Colton. 
Sarah  C.  Colton. 
Mrs.  Norris, [| 

Fanny  Hitchcock. 
Mary  Hitchcock.* 
Henry  Hitchcock. 
Henry  Lyman. 
Dency  Root. 

Sophia  Lyman.! 
Olive  Dewey. § 

Wm.  S.  Gale. 
Harriet  Y.  Gale. 
David  Griffith.* 
Angeline  B.  Conger. 
Sarah  Payne. 

Mary  Payne. 
Martha  Hyde. 
Phlemon  Phelps.^  ’ 
Eli  Farnham. 
Jerusha  B.  Farnhetqi 
Wm.  Holyoke, 

Lucy  Holyoke. 
Charles  W.  Gilberl 
Elixabelh  Boots, | 


•  !  t  n  the  end  of  this  list  of 


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II.  H.  May, 

Delia  D.  May, 

Levi  Sanderson. 
Eliza  Sanderson. 
Agrippa  S.  Marlin* 
L.  K.  Marlin. 
Hannah  W.  Martin* 
Flovd  Buckingham. 
Laura  Buckingham, 
.fane  Buckingham. 
Lucy  C.  Hamblin.* 
Harriet  C. Hamblin* 
Maria  K.  Earn  ham. 
Sabrea  Ann  Skinner 
Abigail  Prentice. 
Barber  Allen. 

Polly  Allen. 

John  Bryant. § 

Sally  West.t 
Wm.  M.  Ferris. 
James  McDuff.t 
Neziah  Gilbert. 
Lydia  C.  Phelps, t 
Catharine  A.  Phelps 
Hiram  Marsh. ^ 
Laura  S.  Marsh. ^ 

L.  Milton  Marsh.* 
Hiram  S.  Marsh, 
Levi  S.  Stanley. 

S.  Charlotte  Stanley 

1838. 

A.  Z.  Haynor,* 
James  Bunce. 
Harriet  Bunce. 
Joseph  Frost. 
Martha  P  Frost. 
Harvey  Jerauld. 
Wm  S  Farnham, 
Henry  Ferris," 
Elizabeth  Ferris, 
Abraham  Neely, 
Charlotte  Neely ,t 


C  R  Palmer, 

Nanc}  Palmer. 

D.  R.  Reed. 

Sarah  M.  Williams 

1839. 

Sylvanus  Ferris. 
Sebastian  Adamst 
Eunice  Adams. 

Sarah  Hamlin. 

S  P  Averey. 

J.  G.  West, 

Amy  West. 

Enos  McEnlear. 

G  D  Colion. 

I.  W.  Colton. 

C.  S.  Colton, 

Abigail  Colton, 

John  West, 

Dwight  Keit,§ 
Samuel  Hitchcock. 
Mary  Woodman. 
Eunice  Woodman. 
Wm  H.  Lockwood" 
Lucy  Gridley 
Lucinda  N.  Goodell 
Julia  E  Sanderson, 
Lavina  Lewis, § 
Charles  F.  Martin, 
Samuel  Holyoke, 
George  Gale, 
Gustavus  Marsh, 
George  Comstocki 
William  Adams,''' 
Elziua  Daily, 
Edward  Daily, 
Thomas  F  Tragle§ 
Fidelia  Fox, 

Leonard  Chappell 
Fidelia  West, 
Joseph  Holyoke, 
Edward  Holyoke 
Jonathan  Simmonst 


Isaiah  Tompkins, 

S.  F.  Dolbear, 
Caroline  Goodell, t 
Louisa  Daily, 
Sheldon  Goddard, 
Hannah  Goddard, 

F.  B.  Parkinson,* 
Aaron  Goddard," 
Geo.  Babcock, § 
Susan  Powell,* 
Esther  Brown, 

C.  F  Camp,* 
Wealthy  Camp,* 
Franklin  Tompkins* 
Tracy  J’ompkins, 

1840. 

Chauncey  Colton, 
Rebecca  Spencer,t 
Levi  Spencer,^ 
Minerva  Spencer* 
Martha  Williams, t 
Esther  Coon  ,t 
Frederick  Barilet, 
Norman  Churchill, 
Anna  Churchill, 
Caroline  Dolbear, 
Caroline  Ferris, 

Ann  Watson,* 

A,  S.  Bergen,! 
Fidelia  Bergen, 
Marcus  Bolden, 
Sarah  Belden, 
Priscill  I  Belden. 
Aar(  n  Belden, 
Nalhaniel  Belden,* 
Pamela  Stevens.* 
Miss  Belden,* 

Mary  Edgerton, 
Philena  Rooks, 
Alfred  Bergen,* 
Arrnanda  Prentice, 
Minerva  Bush, 


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Jane  Bush, 

\Vm  H.  Kipp* 
Americus  C. Higgins 
Wm  B.  Hamblin, 
James  Bull, 

Mary  Bull, 

Daniel  Williams,! 
Octavia  Hamblin, 
Deborah  Conofer, 
Luther  Lyman,* 
Henry  Buckly,§ 
William  Bartlet,* 
Sarah  Adams, 
Morris  S.  Wattles,* 
Amanda  Payne,* 
Sarali  Rooks, 
Elizabeth  Rooks, 
Avorden  Delong, § 
Marshal  Delong, 
Benj.  Stanley, 

John  S.  McClure,* 
John  Hoin, 

Emily  Horn, 

Mary  Adams, 

,  George  Bergen, 
Josiah  Dodge, § 
Wealthy  Gridley,§ 
Julia  Gridley,§ 
Fidelia  Gridley,! 
Mary  Jerauld, 
Aurinda  Ferris, 

Joel  Starboard, 
Mathew  Chambers, 
Hannah  Chambeis, 
Cordelia  Chambers* 
Aaron  Pomroy, 
Aaron  V.  Penoyer,! 
Jones  Harding 
Mary  Harding,! 
Josiah  Gale, 

Mary  Gale, 

Margaret  Gale, 
Martha  Coon, 


Eliza  Payne, 
Harriet  Waters, 
Edward  P.  Waters 
Cephonet  Tompkins 
Ruih  Tompkins, 
Byron  S  West, 
Eunice  Adams, 
Edward  P.  Williams 
Elizabeth  Dunn, 
Ann  Dunn, 

1841. 

Silas  Olmstead, 
Emily  Payne,* 
Lucretia  Payne,* 
Lewis  Weeks, 

Mary  Weeks, 

Mary  Kellogg,* 
Abigal  Chandler,* 
Julia  Chandler,* 
Eliz’th  Trowbridge* 
Eliza  Pratt, 

Betsey  Delong, 
Francis  Leonard,* 
Julius  Delong, 

Mrs.  Delong, 

Mr.  Cairns,! 

Julia  Gilbert, 

1842. 

Joel  Marlin, 

Phebe  Martin, 
Catharine  Martin. 
Emily  A.  Churchill. 
Elizabeth  Churchill. 
iMary  Churchill, 

I.  W.  Chandler, 
Catharine  Cairns,* 

H.  Gaston, 

I.  H.  Nicholas. 
Lester  H.  Fuller, 
Harriet  Fuller, 

Isaac  iM.  Kneeland,* 


Electa  Kneeland,* 
Henry  Zewis,§ 
Laura  Sophia  Mills! 
Lucius  Nutting, 
Edward  G.  Smith, 
Nelson  Jones,* 

1843. 

Lucius  Gary, 

Louisa  Gary, 

Gratia  Gould,! 

J.  Q.  Adams, 

Silas  T.  Helms, 

R.  Curtis  Ed^erton* 
Sanford  Richardson* 
Emily  Olmstead, 
Innes  Grant, 

Delia  Grant, 

Mary  Pierce, 
Southwick  jDavis, 

1844. 

Elizabeth  Taylor* 
H,  N.  Field,* 
Charity  Ann  Field,* 
Almiron  Phelps,* 
Harriet  Phelps,* 
Geo.  T.  Porter, 
Noble  Marsh, 

Maria  Marsh, 

Harly  Trowbridge* 
Edward  Baker. 
Nullivan  Cone,* 
Anna  Rowe,* 

J.  R.  Lawrence,* 

1845. 

Onias  Skinner, 
Tirzah  Skinner, 
Joseph  E,  Roy,* 
Elizabeth  ,Bunce, 
James  Perrigo, 
Hannah  Perrigo, 


?>usan  Neal, 

Nancy  Barber, 
Charlotte  Bridley, 
Ladomick  Rikert. 
Elizabeth  Rikert, 
Anna  Rikert. 
Charles  D.  Burnett*’ 
Dorcas  Davidson, 

1846. 

Roxana  Bartlett, 
Elizabeth  Bartlett, 
Rev.  J.  Blanchard, 
Mary  A.  Blanchard. 
George  Bent, 

Eliza  Cole  * 

Foster  Mitchell,"^ 
Malissa  Mitchell.* 
Ntatira  Chappell, 
Elizabeth  Parker,* 
V.  L.  Lockwood, 
James  S.  Davis, 
Samuel  Stevens, 
Martha  Stevens, 
Wm.  T.  Bartle, 
Zimri  Pond, 

Dr.  Daniel  Reed, 
Cinda  Reed, 
Abigail  Colton. 

Ann  Heath,* 
Sandford  Boon, 
Lucretia  ^oon, 

Wm.  Poe, 

Margaret  Poe, 

John  W.  Poe, 
Caswell  T,  Poe, 
Richard  C.  Dunn, 
Caroline  Dunn.* 

C.  W.  Gilbert, 
Harriet  V.  Gilbert, 
Ann  Belden, 

-Bcnj.  Bates, 


n 

I  1847. 

Levant  Dilly, 

Isaac  V.  Gilbert, 
Mary  E.  Melendy, 
George  Npencer, 
Isaac  Simmons, 

Julia  Simmons, 
Nancy  Hunter.* 
Catharine  O. Beecher 
Minervi  Axtell, 
Sylvester  Axtell, 
Elias  Gilbert, 

Susan  Gilbert, 

Sarah  Gilbert, 

Lucy  R.  Gale, 
Justin  H.  Sisson, 
Ozias  J.  Marsh, 
James  W.  Bergen, 
David  D.  Colton, 
James  Jerauld, 

Ruth  M.  Holyoke, 
Homer  C.  Allen, 
Alonzo  T.  Boon, 
Henry  Hawkins, 
Maria  Worden. 
Martha  A.  Brown, 
Ann  E.  Harding, 
Mary  A.  Harding, 
Rebecca  W.  Evans, 
James  H.  Noteware, 
Sheldon  W.  Allen, 
Emily  Finch, 
Clarinda  Finch, 

Job  Farley, 

Samuel  Ewing 
Prudence  Ewing, 
Edwin  D.  Pa?mer, 
Charles  H.  Payne, 
Stephen  Martin, 
Geo.  Holyoke, 

Wm.  H.  Chambers, 
Carlos  Havens,  | 
James  T.  Stewart,*' 


[  Geo.  Churchill, 
Erastus  S.  Wilcox, 
Maria  Kellogg,* 
Elizabeth  Allison, 
Mary  E.  Palmer, 
Laura  M.  Ferris, 
Lucy  Holyoke, 
Emily  Bush, 

Fidelia  Allen, 

John  P.  Prentice, 
Mary  11.  Wilcox, 
Robert  Bush, 
Frederick  Clyde, 
James  F.  Dunn, 
John  C.  Ferris, 
Francis  Colton. 
Edward  N,  Payne, 
Lucy  W.  Simmons, 
Mary  J.  Gilbert, 
Meribah  B. Simmons 
Marv  C.  Weeks, 
Ann  A.  Prentice, 
Mary  Grant, 
Charlotte  M,  Daily, 
Cornelia  A. Churchill 
Francelia  Daily. 
Simeon  Martin, 

Ruth  Axtell, 

Ermina  Fincli,' 
Deborah  S.  Boon,  ' 
Elizabeth  Adams, 
Harriet  P.  Delong, 
ParadineE.  Richardf?‘ 
Polly  Davidson, 
Orson  Bartlett, 
Alson  J.  Streeter,' 
Henry  C.  P'oote, 
Aaron  W.  Kellogg,* 
Sarah  Davidson, 
Matilda  E.  Davidson 
Josephine  S.  Brisbee 
Frances  ^Gary, 
Sut^an  Kellogg,* 


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Frances  Chappell, 
Nathaniel  Relden, 
Susannah  Belclen, 
Harriet  Stevens, 
Sarah  Belclen, 
Milford  K.  Hamlin, 
Sarah  Ann  Moore, 
Dyer  Ford, 

Sophia  Ford, 

Abigail  C.  Hiirlbut, 
Joseah  A.  Bent, 
Wm.  Burnard, 
Cvrus  Ross, 

1848. 

W.  A.  Wood, 

Maria  Wood, 
Elizabeth  Wood, 
Susan  VVood, 

Ansel  Benham, 
Aurelia  Benham, 
Evans  Jones, 

Mrs.  Stone, 

A.  H.  Moore, 

Daniel  Belden, 

Avis  P.  Stanley, 
James  Neeley, 
Sabrina  Neeley, 

E,  J,  Parker, 


Jacob  P.  Richards, 
Rosanna  Hurlbut, 
Helen  Maria  Reed, 
Ellen  Burch. 

Jonas  S.  Kuhn, 
Alexander  fcr. Gower 
Henry  F.  Jerauld, 
S.irah  A.  Blazer, 
Jairus  R.  Preston, 

M  iria  Neeley, 

Jane  Botterill, 

J.  W.  Barbel, 

Henry  Groscup, 
Mary  Hammond, 
Deborah  Ann  Boon, 
Samuel  L.  Andrews 
Henry  K.  White, 
Eliza  Williams, 
'riieodore  Hammond 
Mary  Hammond, 
James  Hammoud, 
Susan  P.  Hammond 
Edward  A.  Lyon. 
Elisha  Hiird, 

Harriet  Hurd, 

Orra  Hurd, 

Clarrissa  Hurd, 
Elizabeth  Babbitt, 
Cornelia  Babbitt, 


*  Dismissed  by  Letter. 

•j-  Dead. 

t  Excommunicated. 

§  II  G(  ne  without  Letter. 
''  Suspended. 

Licensed  to  preach. 


Emily  Babbitt, 
Addison  Babbitt, 
Albert  Babbitt, 

Rev.  Mr.  Babbitt, 

J.  S.  Mahan, 
Frances  Burr, 
Franklin  Duncan, 
Edwin  D.  Babbitt, 
N.H.  Blakesly, 
Laura  Blakesly, 
Mary  L.  Sanderson 
Edwin  Hurd, 

David  Blakesly, 

P.  H.  Wells, 

1  8  4  9. 

Warren  C.  Willard, 
Caroline  Willard, 
Isaac  Delano, 

Alice  Delano, 

James  Delano, 

Mary  S  Delano, 
Ann  Delano, 
Caroline  L.  Gaston, 
Laura  S.  Lee, 
Rebecca  Hammond, 
Everett  B.  Hurlbut 
Warren  S.  Hurlbut, 
Henry  M.  Hurlbut, 
Paulina  Barber. 


OF  THE 


In  the  prosecution  of  the  ‘‘  plan  for  establishing 
Literary  Institutions  in  the  west,”  a  purchase  of 
land  was  made,  where  Galeshuig  no^sv  stands,  by  a 
committee  sent  out  for  that  purpose,  in  Oct.  1845. 
It  was  undertaken  by  ministers,  elders  and  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  chiefly  in  Central 
and  Western  New  York.  A  few  bietbren  of  the 
Congregational  churches,  were  among  the  number. 
In  all,  there  w^ere  about  30  families.  By  some,  it 
was  thought  best  to  form  a  church  of  the  proposed 
emigrants,  and  select  a  pastor  before  leaving  xYew 
Y^ork.  It  was,  however,  on  further  consideration, 
thought  best  to  omit  it,  until  they  should  arrive  at 
their  new  homes  in  the  west.  It  was  well  that  this 
prevailed,  as  a  considerable  number  of  the  families 
found  themselves  unable  to  remove.  Others,  how'- 
ever,  the  following  year,  who  had  heard  of  the  de¬ 
sign,  and  purchase  of  land,  or  who  were  in  the  State 
looking  for  a  place  of  settlement,  more  than  made 
the  original  number  good  ;  so  that  in  the  fall  of  ’36 
nearly  40  families  had  arrived  at  Henderson  Grove, 
in  the  vicinity  of  the  purchase,  where  they  hired, 
or  erected  temporary  dwellings.  In  iMay  preced¬ 
ing  this,  Rew  G.  W.  Gale,  and  Mr.  J.  McMullen 
-arrived  at  Henderson  Grove,  where  thev  found  Mr. 


Abel  Goodellj  and  H.  Ferris,  who  had  been  some¬ 
time  in  the  county,  awaiting  the  arrival  of  the  set¬ 
tlers.  In  a  few  weeks  after,  Mr.  Nehemiah  West 
and  several  others,  arrived  with  their  families. 

From  this  time,  public  worship  was  regularly 
maintained  in  the  settlement,  first  in  private  houses 
and  afterwards  in  the  school  house, which  was  built 
the  succeeding  fall.  While  Mr.  Gale  was  gone  for 
his  family,  and  until  his  return  in  Oct.,  sermons 
were  read  on  the  Sabbath,except  in  a  few  instan¬ 
ces  ;  when  they  were  favored  with  preaching  by 
neighboring  minsters. 

Late  in  the  summer,  about  36  more  of  the  set¬ 
tlers,  old  and  young,  arrived  in  a  canal  boat  at  a 
near  point  on  the  Illinois  river ;  but  all  sick,  in  con¬ 
sequence  of  their  long  passage  in  the  heat  of  sum¬ 
mer.  The  principal  brethren  who  guided  this  en¬ 
terprise,  viz: — Col.  Isaac  Mills,  Luther  Lyman,  Sc 
John  C.  Smith,  were  just  permitted  to  look  upon 
the  land  of  their  hopes,  and  admire  its  beauty,  then 
closed  their  eyes  upon  it  forever.  They  all  died, 
soon  after  their  arrival,  and  went,  as  we  trust,  to 
the  better  country — that  is,  the  heavenly.  The 
two  former,  were  ruling  elders  in  the  churches 
where  they  lived, — men  of  deep  piety,  who  left 
their  homes  in  the  East,  with  the  hope  of  effecting 
more  good  to  the  cause  of  Christ,  in  the  great  val¬ 
ley  of  the  West.  Mr-  .1.  C.  Smith,  who  planned 
the  enterprise  of  removing  by  water, and  Col.  Mills, 
were  with  others,  trustees  of  the  projected  institu¬ 
tions.  Mysterious  Providence  !  How  inscrutable 
are  the  ways  of  God!  and  yet  how  wise  and  good! 
What  is  now  dark,  eternity  will  illumine. 

Mr.  N.  H.  Losev,  now  Professor  in  the  College, 


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came  on  in  the  summer,  and  made  a  survey  of  the 
town,  according  to  the  plan  previously  formed  by 
the  Trustees,  in  New  York.  In  the  fall  of  the 
same  year,  he  returned  with  his  family  from  Mich¬ 
igan,  where  they  had  been  left,  and  early  in  the 
winter,  opened  the  school  in  which  both  classical 
and  common  branches  were  taught.  In  that  win¬ 
ter  the  Rev.  J.  S.  Avery  came  to  visit  his  friends 
at  their  new  home.  He  remained  for  some  weeks, 
and  aided  the  officiating  pastor,  both  on  the  Sab¬ 
bath  and  at  other  times.  The  labors  were  blessed. 
God  was  pleasdd  to  pour  out  his  Spirit  upon  the  in¬ 
fant  settlement,  and  a  considerable  number,  chiefly 
youth,  were  the  hopeful  subjects  of  renewing  grace. 
There  was  but  little  room  for  the  conversion  of 
others,  as  nearly  all  the  heads  of  families  were  pro 
fessors,  and  maintained  the  worship  of  God  in  their 
houses.  The  Rev.  John  Waters  arrived  in  the 
winter  with  his  family,  having  been  detained  by  the 
illness  of  his  daughter,  east  of  the  Illinois  river. — 
Mr.  Waters  was  one  of  those  who  joined  the  en¬ 
terprise,  at  an  early  period,  and  who,  though  ad¬ 
vanced  in  years,  did  not  hesitate  to  encounter  the 
trials  and  privations  ii  separable  from  such  an  un¬ 
dertaking,  to  aid  such  an  object.  His  assistance 
in  the  settlement,  was  timely  and  acceptable. 

Measures  were  soon  taken  to  form  a  church. — 
After  a  series  of  interesting  meetings  preparatory, 
(in  which  the  Rev.  Mr.  iVoel,  of  Knoxville,  who 
had  been  appointed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Schuyler, 
to  aid  in  the  formation  of  the  church,  gave  his  as¬ 
sistance,)  it  was  organized  at  Plenderson  Grove  by 
Rev.  John  Waters  and  Geo.  W.  Gale,  then  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  Oneida  Presbytery,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  25,  ’37 


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The  Articles  of  F aith  now  iised^  by  the  church  w^as 
adopted,  and  82  persons  united; — 18  on  confess¬ 
ion,  chiefly  the  fruits  of  the  revival  above  mention¬ 
ed,  and  the  rest  by  letter  from  Fresbyterian  and 
Congregational  churches  at  the  east.  In  April  fol¬ 
lowing,  officers  were  chosen;  viz — Nehemiah  West 
Nehemlah  H.  Losey,  and  John  Kendall,  elders; — 
Thomas  Simmons  and  Abel  Goodeil,  Deacons,  and 
set  apart  to  their  respective  offices.  Elder  John 
Kendall,  being  appointed  to  attend  the  meeting  of 
Presbytery,  in  the  same  month,  witli  the  Rev.  G. 
VV.  Gale,  the  church  was  taken  under  he  care 
of  the  Presbytery  of  Schuyler, §  by  request.  During 
the  summer  of  1837,  a  part  of  the  settlers  having 
built  houses  at  the  town,  and  on  the  Prairie,  public 
worship  was  held  alternately  at  the  grove  and  the 
town,  in  a  building  hired  for  the  purpose.  Most  of 
the  families  having  left  the  grove  before  the  follow¬ 
ing  winter,  it  was  held  constantly  in  the  town,  in 
the  place  before  mentioned.  The  Academy  having 
been  erected  early  in  the  winter  of  1838,  worship 
was  then  held  there,  until  the  present  church  was 
built.  To  th^  early  settlers,  the  place  where  the 
worship  of  God  was  first  established — the  Spirit 
poured  out,  and  the  churcli  formed, — will  ever  be 
associated  with  many  and  deeply  interesting  recol¬ 
lections.  In  the  beginning  of  the  year  1839,  new 
resolutions  were  formed,  and  efforts  were  put  forth 
by  the  pastor  and  the  church  for  the  revival  of 
God’s  work.  The  church  was  visited  by  the  pas- 


*The  same  as  were  used  in  the  Presbytery  of  Oneida,  N.  Y. 

§This  Presbytery  then  extended  over  the  Military  Tracr,  and  consisted 
of  12  or  14  ministers.  It  was  afterwards  separated  into  branches,  called 
Old  and  New  School;  and  subsequently  divided  into  Knox  and  Schuyler. 


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tor  and  the  elders — meetings  were  soon  increased, 
and  continued  to  increase  in  numbers,  frequency 
and  solemnity,  and  a  few  were  cherishing  a  hope  of 
eternal  life,  and  others  inquiring; — when  the  pas¬ 
tor,  feeling  the  need  of  assistance,  the  Rev.  Hora¬ 
tio  Foote,  formerly  an  evangelist  in  New  York, and 
known  1o  many  of  the  settlers,  was  invited  to  come 
down  from  Rock  River,  v/here  he  was  then  resid¬ 
ing.  His  labors  w^ere  timely  and  efficient — the  spir¬ 
it  was  pouied  out,  and  a  large  number,  for  the  pop¬ 
ulation,  were  the  hopeful  subjects  of  saving  grace. 

From  the  commencement  of  public  worship  in 
the  settlement,  April,  1839,  nearly  3  years,  the 
Rev.  G.  W.  Gale  officiated  as  pasU  r — aided  oc¬ 
casionally  by  others,  and  especially,  by  the  Rev. 
J.  Waters.  During  that  time,  in  addition  to  those 
who  first  joined  the  church,! 07  wmre  added — mak¬ 
ing  in  all,  189.  Of  these,  66  united  on  confession, 
the  rest  by  letter;  6  were  dismissed  to  other 
churches,  1  excommunicated,  2  suspended,  and  1 
died — 22  children  baptized.  Four  more  elders 
were  added  also,  in  Jar.  1839,  viz  :  William  Hol¬ 
yoke,  and  Hiram  Marsh,  Agrippa  S.  Martin,  and 
Levi  Stanley. 

In  the  spring  of  1839,  Mr.  Gale  left  home  to  at¬ 
tend  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  ch., 
in  Philadelphia,  and  spent  some  time  at  the  East, 
and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Foote  w^as  invited  to  remove 
from  his  residence,  aud  labor  with  them  one  year. 
He  arrived  in  June,  and  left  about  the  same  time 
the  following  year.^*  In  that  time,  16  w  ere  added  to 


*  Mr.  Foote  labored  frequently  and  successfully  in  other  places,  during 
that  time,  as  an  Evangelist. 


IS 


the  churcli^ — 6  on  confession, and  the  rest  by  letter 
—113  dismission,  and  but  o-ne  death;  viz:  the  wife 
of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Gale.  At  the  close  of  Mr.  Foote’s 
labors,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Gale  resumed  the  pastoral  du¬ 
ties,  by  request  of  the  congregation,  for  one  year. 
In  the  latter  part  of  the  summer  (1840,)  it  pleased 
God  to  grant  the  church  a  powerful  revival  of  his 
work,  it  commenced  in  the  Academy  then  taught 
by  Hiram  Marsh,  an  elder  of  the  church,  and  Levi 
Spencer,  an  assistant, — both  subsequently  licensed 
to  preach  the  gospel,  by  Knox  Presbytery,  and 
both  much  blessed  as  laborers,  in  this  part  of  the 
Lord’s  vineyard.  From  the  academy,  it  spread 
through  the  congregation,  and  but  few  of  the  adult 
population  were  left,  who  did  not  cherish  a  hope  in 
Christ.  Many  youth  of  the  Sabbath  School  were 
the  hopeful  subjects.  Like  the  vegetation  of  the 
reed,  vvdiere  the  rock  was  near  the  surface,  some 
endured  for  a  time  only;  yet  there  were  not  with¬ 
standing, rich  &  permanent  fruits  of  the  Spirit’s  op¬ 
eration.  Within  this  time,  58  were  added  to  the 
church;  all  but  13  of  these  on  confession.  11  were 
dismissed,  1  suspended,  and  1  died — 17  children 
were  baptised.  In  the  summer  of  1841,  the  Rev. 
H.  H.  Kellogg  arrived  to  take  the  Presidency  of 
the  College,  to  which  he  had  been  chosen.  In  the 
incipicncy  of  the  CollegCj  the  duties  of  teaching  be¬ 
ing  performed  by  the  professors,  he  was  unani¬ 
mously  invited  to  supply  the  pulpit,  and  perform 
other  pastoral  duties,  calling  to  his  aid  other  resi¬ 
dent  ministers,  as  he  might  find  it  necessary.  His 
labors  in  the  church  continued  a  little  more  than  a 
year,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  Gale,  who 
supplied  the  desk  till  July  1843,  when  he  left  to 


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prosecute  an  agency  for  the  College,  in  the  eastern 
states.  Mr.  Kellogg  had  left  for  Europe  early  in 
the  preceding  spring.  Within  these  two  years  in 
which  the  pulpit  was  supplied  by  Mr.  Kellogg  and 
Mr.  Gale,  36  were  added  to  the  church — all  but  6 
by  letter,  and  those  chiefly  members  of  the  College. 
18  were  dismissed,  5  suspended,  5  died,  and  25 
infants  were  baptised.  Four  more  elders,  and  two 
deacons  were  added  to  the  church — elders  Nor¬ 
man  Churchill,  Eli  Farnham,  John  McMullen,  and 
Abraham  Bergen.  Deacons,  Samuel  Tompkins, 
and  Ahraham  Neeley.  The  remaining  part  of  the 
summer,  and  in  the  fall,  the  })ulpit  was  supplied 
chiefly  by  Mr.  Marsh,  a  licentiate  of  Knox  Presby¬ 
tery,  and  Rev.  J.  Waters.  Mr.  Hollister,  a  Con¬ 
gregational  minister,  residing  in  a  neighboring  tov»m 
was  empioyed  during  the  winter.  Early  in  the 
succeeding  summer,  the  Rev.  Lucius  H.  Parker,  a 
Congregational  minister  from  tlie  East  , arrived  with 
his  family,  and  was  employed  for  one  year,  and 
again  employed  lill  late  in  the  fall  of  1845.  Dur¬ 
ing  this  period,  viz  :  from  July  1843,  to  the  close 
ol'the  year  1845,  34  persons  were  added;  all  but  7 
by  letter.  29  were  dismissed,  1  suspended,  5  died, 
and  24  infants  were  baptised.  In  the  summer  of 
1845,  dissatisfaction  arose  among  some,  part  of  the 
church  in  relation  to  the  governmont — ^^a  portion  of 
them  being,  by  education  and  preference,  congre- 
gationalists.  The  discussion  resulted  in  tlic  modi¬ 
fication  of  the  government,  called  a  compro^nise  the 
substance  of  which,  is  as  follows  : — 

1.  All  the  members  may  have  a  voice  in  the  re¬ 
ception  of  candidates  into  the  church. 

2.  The  eldership  shall  be  rotary each. iiohliiig^, 


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his  office  in  the  church,  for  3  years;  when  he  may 
be  re-elected,  or  some  one  else  chosen  in  his  stead 
The  Deacons,  subject  to  the  same  rule. 

3.  Any  member,  when  cited  lor  trial,  may,  if  he 
chooses,  be  tried  by  the  adult  members  of  the  ch. 
instead  of  the  session;  but  in  such  cases,  he  can 
have  no  right  of  appeal  to  Presbytery. 

4.  The  Ch.  may  choose  delfgates  to  the  Ass’n. 

Few  discussions  of  this  nature  could  be  conduct¬ 
ed  with  more  mrde ration  than  this,  or  terminate 
more  happily;  and  well  it  might.  While  the  com¬ 
promise  secures  to  the  portion  of  the  church,  w’ho 
desired  a  change,  all  the  privileges  they  could  rea¬ 
sonably  ask,  it  leaves  the  rights  and  privileges  of 
the  others,  unimpaired.  It  had  ahvays  been  cus¬ 
tomary  to  examine  persons  applying  for  admission, 
in  the  presence  of  the  church,  and  for  them  by  vote 
to  express  their  satisfaction  with  the  candidate;  and 
in  many  Presbyterian  churches,  candidates  are 
propounded  for  admission,  that  objections  may  be 
made,  if  there  be  any,  to  their  reception.  Rotation, 
in  the  eldership,  is  practiced  in  many  Presbyterian 
churches.  The  office  is  not  temporary,  but  simply 
the  exercise  of  it  in  that  church.  The  person,  if 
re-elected  in  the  same,  or  chosen  by  any  other  ch. 
is  not  re-ordained.  The  Association,  being  a  body 
without  any  judicial  powmrs,  then^  could  be  no  ob- 

-jection  to  the  deputing  of  some  one  by  the  brethren, 
to  meet  with  them,  for  counsel  and  correspondence. 
Such  wms  the  expedient  adopted  to  preserve  the 
unity  of  the  church.  The  time  may  come  w^hen 
numbers  and  other  considerations,  may  juslif}^  a 
separation,  but  that  time  has  not  yet  arrived. 

To  carry  out  this  comprontise,  it  was  thought 


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best  that  a  new  election  of  officers  should  be  made, 
when  all  the  former  officers,  with  few  exceptions, 
were  chosen  again.  This  w^as  a  high  commenda¬ 
tion  of  those  officers, and  evidence  of  the  confidence 
which  the  church  entertained  in  their  ability  to  ful¬ 
fil  the  duties  of  their  respective  stations. 

The  Rev.  H.  H.  Kellogg,  having  resigned  the 
Presidency  of  the  College,  was  unanimously  chosen 
to  supply  the  pulpit;  and  begun  his  labors  early  in 
Jan.  1846.  Soon  after,  he  received  a  call  to  settle 
as  pastor  of  the  church  ;  and  was  installed  by  Knox 
Presbytery,  Feb.  3,  ensuing,  d'he  Rev.  Jonathan 
Blanchard,  who  had  just  arrived  to  fill  the  Presi¬ 
dential  chair,  vacated  by  Mr.  Kellogg,  preached  the 
sermon — Rev.  S.  S.  Miles  delivered  the  charge  to 
the  people, — Rev.  S.  G.  Wright,  to  the  pastor. — 
Other  parts  of  the  service  were  performed  by  other 
members  of  Presbytery,  as  usual  in  such  cases.  It 
was  a  season  of  deep  interest  to  the  church,  and  to 
all  who  witnessed  it — being  the  first  and  only  ordi¬ 
nation  of  a  pastor  over  this  church,  and  the  only 
one  ever  witnessed  by  many  of  the  youthful  portion 
of  the  congregation.  In  the  winter  of  1846-7,  it 
pleased  God  to  pour  out  his  Spirit  in  an  unusual 
measure  upon  the  church.  Meetings  for  prayer 
were  held  every  day,  and  for  preaching  and  meet¬ 
ings  of  inquiiy,  every  evening,  for  several  weeks. — 
In  these  labors,  the  pastor  was  aided  by  Rev.  Levi 
Spencer,  President  Blanchard  and  others.  Many 
were  the  hopeful  subjects  of  grace,  from  the  man  of 
grey  hairs,  to  the  child  of  the  Sabbath  School. — 
Controversies  and  suits  at  law,  which  in  some  in¬ 
stances,  existed,  (as  is  too  often  the  case,  when  piety 
declines.)  w’ere  arnicablv  settled  and  removed  from 


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court- ““reconciliations  effected,  where  alienation 
between  members  existed — mutual  confessions 
were  made — and  peace  and  love  made  to  reign 
through  the  church,  and  the  community.  Such 
are  the  happy  fruits  of  the  gospel, when  through  the 
spirit,  it  is  made  the  power  of  God  unto  salvation; 
and  such,  through  grace,  will  be  its  effect,  over  all 
the  world,  and  among  all  people.  The  wolf  shall 
dwell  with  the  Lamb — the  leopard  lie  down  with 
the  kid — the  calf  and  the  young  lion,  and  the  falling 
together  ;  and  a  little  child  shall  lead  them.’  In 
May  18t7,  Mr.  Kellogg  informed  the  church  that 
his  health  would  not  permit  him  to  continue  their 
pastor,  and  requested  them  to  unite  with  him  in  a 
petition  to  Presbytery,  to  dissolve  the  pastoral  re¬ 
lation.  The  church,  in  view  of  Mr.  Kellogg’s  ill¬ 
ness.  concurred  in  the  request,  and  appointed  a 
Com.to  draft  a  resolution  in  relation  to  the  circum¬ 
stances,  and  expressive  of  their  regret.  A  special 
meeting  of  Pies,  was  called,  agreeably  to  the  joint 
request  of  Mr.  Kellogg,  and  the  congregation,  and 
the  pastoral  relation  dissolved,  June  23,  1817.  Rev 
G.  W.  Gale  was  appointed  to  preach  on  the  oc¬ 
casion,  and  declare  the  pulpit  vacant.  During  the 
pasturate  of  Mr.  Kellogg,  78  were  added  to  the 
ch. — 19  on  profession,  and  the  rest  by  letter.  9 
were  dismissed,  6  died,  and  16  infants  baptised. — 
Among  the  deaths,  was  that  of  Nehemiah  West, 
an  elder  of  the  church  from  its  beginning;  a  Trus¬ 
tee  of  the  College,  &  one  of  the  most  active  &  early 
friends  of  the  settlement  and  Institution.  He  died 
Feb.  1817.  Within  this  time,  a  new  and  spacious 


*  Pres,  Blanchard  was  very  active  and  auceessful  in  this  matter. 


Cli.  edifice  was  erected;  to  the  building  of  which^ 
no  one  contributed  more,  either  in  counsel  or  pe¬ 
cuniary  means,  than  Mr.  Kellogg.  Altho’  not  fin¬ 
ished,  it  was  opened  for  worship,  during  the  warm 
season  in  1846.  The  first  sermon  was  delivered  in 
it  on  the  21st  of  June,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Gale,  from 
Ps.  127  :  I.  After  the  dismission  of  Mr.  Kellogg, 
who  left  soon  after,  and  returned  to  his  former  res¬ 
idence  in  the  state  of  N.  Y.,  Rev.  J.  Blanchard 
was  invited  to  supply  the  pulpit,  and  as  far  as  his 
labors  in  the  College  would  allow",  perform  parochi¬ 
al  duties.  These  labors,  except  when  absent,  on 
business  for  the  College,  he  has  continued  to  per¬ 
form  to  this  time.  In  the  winter  of  ’47-8,  a  series 
of  meetings  were  daily  held  for  several  weeks  by 
Pres.  Blanchard.  These  efforts  were  greatly  bless¬ 
ed.  A  considerable  number,  principally  youth  be¬ 
longing  to  the  College  and  academy,  were  the  hope¬ 
ful  subjects  of  conversion.  Early  in  the  year  ’48, 
the  ch.  w^as  completed,  and  dedicated  to  the  wor¬ 
ship  of  God ;  on  which  occasion,  a  thousand  or 
more  people  were  assembled.  It  was  a  season 
of  great  interest.  The  dedicatory  sermon  was 
pleached  by  Pres.  Blanchard. 

From  the  foregoing  statements,  it  appears  that 
540  persons  have  been  received  into  the  ch  ,  up  to 
this  time — 239  on  confession,  mostly  the  subjects 
of  Divine  grace,  in  the  repeated  seasons  of  spiritual 
refreshing,  with  which  God  has  been  pleased  to 
bless  the  ch.,  and  301,  by  letter. 

.  It  is  proper  to  add  that  prayer  meetings,  concerts 
^lind  contributions  for  the  various  benevolent  enter¬ 


prises  of  the  day,  have  been  regularly  attended  to 
by  the  Church. 


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It  may  be  proper  to  add  that  the  prosperity  of 
the  College  has  advanced  with  equal  step.  The 
Academic  Department  ^vas  opened  in  Dec.  ’38,  & 
up  to  Juh^  ’48,  736  different  pupils  had  been  con¬ 
nected  with  it,  and  94  with  the  College,  which  com¬ 
menced  operations  a  few  years  later.  The  Cata¬ 
logue  for  the  present  year,  soon  to  he  issued,  will 
show  a  large  increase, — probably  300  or  more,  in 
the  Academy,  and  about  50  in  the  College.  A  large 
portion  of  these  were  either  pious  w’hen  they  came 
to  the  Institution, or  became  so  after  entering  them. 
Many  of  them  have  been  employed  over  the  sur¬ 
rounding  country  in  teaching. 

To  the  originators  especially,  of  this  enterprise, 
which  was  commenced  and  has  been  prosecuted 
with  prayer  and  reliance  upon  the  Divine  blessing, 
for  success,  the  retrospect  in  this  sketch  w'ill  be  full 
of  interest.  It  cannot  fail  to  awaken  in  them  tho’ts 
both  pleasing  and  painful — pleasing  in  view  of  what 
God  hath  done  through  them,  and  painful  at  the 
recollection  of  their  owm  unworthiness,  to  be  made 
the  instruments  of  so  much  good. 


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